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The friendly guide
to Japanese writing

Hiragana and katakana are your first big step in Japanese. We made two free quiz games to help those characters stick — simple, fast, and actually kind of fun.

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Pick a script, start drilling

Two quiz games. Two scripts. Each session takes about 5 minutes.

Welcome everyone to Japanese Symbols!

This site aims to help speed up learning the Japanese language.

Currently on the site there are only two nice trainer apps — one for Hiragana and the other for Katakana. Give those a try! :D

Coming down the road…

This site is just getting started. Here's what's planned once the basics are solid:

Kanji Vocabulary Grammar Guide Phrasebook Reading Practice